Besides their medals, winners also received a chubby panda — the mascot of the Beijing Games.
BEIJING (AP) — Johannes Ludwig knelt in gratitude and Wolfgang Kindl jumped for joy, celebrating their respective gold and silver finishes in men’s luge at the Beijing Olympics. It was the culmination of a long journey for Ludwig, who by his own admission said he overcame “a lot of not-so-successful years” to win on Sunday.
